Waikato District Council

Waikato District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera aa Takiwaa o Waikato) is the territorial authority for the Waikato District of New Zealand.^[2]

Waikato District Council Te Kaunihera aa Takiwaa o Waikato
Type
Type	Unicameral of Waikato District
Houses	Governing Body
Term limits	None
History
Founded	March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06)
Leadership
Mayor	Jacqui Church[1]
Structure
Seats	seats (1 mayor, ward seats)
Length of term	3 years
Website
waikatodistrict.govt.nz

The current Waikato District Council logo has been in use since 2003. Since 2014 the Māori translation, Te Kaunihera aa Takiwaa o Waikato' is sometimes added below it. WDC uses double vowels rather than macrons in its translations

The council is led by the mayor of Waikato, who is currently Jacqui Church^[3]. There are also ward councillors.^[2]

Composition

Waikato District Council mayor and councillors.

Mayor Jacqui Church^[4]

Councillors

Ward	Ward Type	Councillor[5]
Tamahere-Woodlands	General	Crystal Beavis
Western Districts	General	Carolyn Eyre (Deputy Mayor)
Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia	General	Janet Gibb
Tamahere-Woodlands	General	Mike Keir
Tuakau-Pōkeno	General	Kandi Awhina Maxine Ngataki
Tai Raro Takiwaa	Māori	Pāniora Matatahi-Poutapu
Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia	General	Eugene Patterson
Waerenga-Whitikahu	General	Marlene Raumati
Tuakau-Pōkeno	General	Vern Reeve
Whāingaroa	General	Lisa Thomson
Awaroa-Maramarua	General	Peter Thomson
Tai Runga Takiwaa	Māori	Tilly Turner
Huntly	General	David Whyte

History

Main article: Waikato District § History

The council was established in 1989, replacing Raglan County Council (established in 1876), Waikato County Council (established in 1876), Ngāruawāhia Borough Council (established in 1920), and Huntly Borough Council (established in 1931).^[6][7]